Install NVIDIA Drivers on Kali

This documentexplains how to make use of NVIDIA video hardware and install the drivers on aKali Linux system. The first step is to fully update your Kali Linux system andmake sure your have the kernel headers installed.

Once the systemboots back up, you may see a NVIDIA splash screen, which will indicate that thedrivers installed correctly, however this is not always the case. In order tocheck if the drivers are working properly, execute the following command.

root@kali:~#glxinfo |grep-i"direct
rendering"direct rendering: Yes

Althoughutilizing the Cuda tools included in Kali is beyond the scope of this article,checking to make sure that they are working properly is always a good idea. Thefollowing command uses Oclhashcat-plus with some of the example files includedin the packages.